LFBP April 2015 IX

Question 1

pound (animal)

Answer 1

la fourrière

Question 2

a scale (of a fish, scaly skin)
to scale

Answer 2

une écaille

écailler

Question 3

amazing

to be amazed

Answer 3

épatant

être épate

Question 4

offshore

off the coast of

Answer 4

au large

au large de

Question 5

it’s not going well (at all)

Answer 5

Ça ne va plus (du tout)

Question 6

to break up

Answer 6

se séparer

quitter

Question 7

you simply have to….. (2)

you simply have to call jean

Answer 7

il suffit de
tu n’as que
Il suffit d’appeler jean
tu n’as qu’à appeler Jean

Question 8

difference dessous and sous

au-dessous de?

Answer 8

NONE both mean below
au-dessous de: relation to another object
le crayon est au-dessous de la lampe

Question 9

to give into

he always gives into the wishes of his boss

Answer 9

se plier à quelque chose

Il se plie toujours aux volontés de son chef.

Question 10

marianne and i spoke about it in depth

Answer 10

marianne et MOI en avons discuté à fond

Question 11

for once, no one was thinking of themselves

one has to make the decision himself

Answer 11

pour une fois, personne ne songeait à soi

on doit prendre la décision soi-même

Question 12

you have to talk to the person who is responsible for administration

Answer 12

il faut que vous adressiez à celui qui est responsable de l’administration

Question 13

that one just came out of the oven (an apple pie)

Answer 13

celle-là sort directement du four (la tarte aux pommes)

Question 14

here’s your key, give me back mine

Answer 14

voici ta clé, rends-moi la mienne

Question 15

you can’t take those, they don’t belong to us. they are theirs

Answer 15

tu ne peux pas prendre ceux-là. ce ne sont pas à nous. ce sont les leurs

Question 16

le sien also can mean one’s family in addition to his/her

Answer 16

on travaille pour le sien

Question 17

try as i might
try as i might to explain, he didn’t understand
try as i might to learn my lessons i forgot it all the next day

Answer 17

avoir beau+ infinitive, counter sentence (NO linking)
J’avais beau lui expliquer, il ne comprenait pas
J’ai beau apprendre mes leçons, le lendemain j’ai tout oublié

Question 18

schedule

my schedule is totally changed

Answer 18

le planning

Mon planning a été complètement modifié

Question 19

how did that happen?

Answer 19

Comment ça s’est fait?

Question 20

to postpone

the supplier just called me to tell me our meeting is postponed until tomorrow

Answer 20

reporter

le fournisseur vient de m’appeler pour reporter notre réunion à demain

Question 21

to tackle/handle something?

how would you go about doing it?

Answer 21

s’y prendre

comment s’y prendre?

Question 22

apart from (3)
aside from dessert everything else was anticipated

Answer 22

hormis
sauf
en dehors de
Hormis le dessert, ils ont tout prévu.

Question 23

coach (2)

referee

Answer 23

un entraîneur
un coach
un arbitre

Question 24

in this regard…

Answer 24

à cet égard (NOT dans cet égard)

Question 25

i’ll play the clip

Answer 25

je vais mettre le video/clip en route

Question 26

happiness

Answer 26

le bonheur

Question 27

difference between un gros fumeur vs un fumeur gros

un ancien élève vs un élève ancien?

Answer 27

gros fumeur= heavy smoker
un fumeur gros= a fat smoker
-usually if adjective precedes noun….it contributes to the meaning of the word itself
-ancien élève= former student

Question 28

middle age

une drôle histoire vs une histoire drôle

Answer 28

un certain âge
une drôle histoire= an odd story
une histoire drôle= funny story

Question 29

the first two weeks

the last 700 euros

Answer 29

les deux premières semaines
numbers come first (** except for complex numbers)
les derniers sept cents euros

Question 30

difference j’ai une heure de libre vs j’ai une heure libre

there were 10 soldiers injured (imply only those 10 injured)

Answer 30

DE connotes it’s the only one: i have only one hour free

il y avait dix soldats de blessés

Question 31

some indefinite expressions can have adjectives. connect them with DE. invariable
something good
someone interesting
nothing easier

Answer 31

quelque chose de bon
quelqu’un d’intéressant
rien de plus facile

Question 32

EASY to convert an adjective to noun….just add articles
the most annoying thing…
the important thing
the big ones

Answer 32

le plus énervant
l’important
les grands

Question 33

point of adding diaresis ë

aiguë

Answer 33

it tells you to pronounce U

otherwise aigue would be like aig

Question 34

Some masculine/feminine changes in french change spelling but prononciation is same
absolute

Answer 34

absolu/absolue

ambigu/ambiguë

Question 35

Some masculine/feminine adjectives change prononciation

-cooked

Answer 35

cuit/cuite

Question 36

Some masculine/feminine adjective add double consonant
low
cute
thick

Answer 36

bas/basse
coquet/coquette
épais/épaisse

Question 37

Some masculine/feminine turn nasal sound to oral vowel

infant like

Answer 37

enfantin/enfantine

Question 38

some masculine/feminine just weird
fresh
false
flattering
benign

Answer 38

frais/fraîche
faux/fausse
flatteur/flatteuse
bénin/bénigne

Question 39

gentle
soft
red head

Answer 39

doux/douce
mou/molle
roux/rousse